Assessment

Assessment Links

• Miami Museum of Science-Alternative Assessment Definitions Offering a description of a range of techniques for science assessment, the site also contains links to further information.
  
• Portfolios for Assessment and Instruction ERIC Digest, discussing assessment uses, instructional uses and a variety of other issues, provides extensive list of references.
  
• Assigning Value: Science Assessment Brief document which discusses issues in science assessment.
  
• Middle Level Science: Assessment and Evaluation Saskatchewan Department of Education provides background information on the necessity for, and value of, assessment in science. Also provides examples for authentic assessment.
  
• Assessing Student Performance in Science ERIC Digest, by D.L. Haury, discusses issues and provides extensive references for further reading.
  
• Hot Topics: Assessment Provides extensive links to assessment items and resources.
  
• Bringing the Science Assessment Standards into the Classroom Short discussion on issues in science assessment, based on CELA's project on Mathematics and Science Literacy.
  
• Performance Assessment Links in Science Requiring free registration, the site provides an on-line, standards-based, resource bank of science performance assessment tasks indexed via the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and various other standards frameworks.
  
• Science Records of Achievement and Self Assessment Examples are provided, for year 2 to 6, of templates for science assessment.
  
• Science Assessment References An extensive list of references is provided by Dr. E.S.Klein.
  
• Scholastic Portfolio Assessment -Science Assessment Geared to the United Kingdom science curriculum, the publisher offers a description and ordering information on these products.
  
• A Collection of Assessment Strategies Presented by the Alaska Department of Education, the site provides descriptions, diagrams and links.
  
• Science Review & Assessment Resources from Wee3 of Kansas Providing a summary of the Wee3 of Kansas Science Review materials product line, including content-based and process-based materials, the site offers information on costs and ordering procedures.
  
• Computer-Based Science Assessment : Implications for Students with Learning Disabilities Academic paper, discusses issues such as adaptive testing, figural response testing, computer simulations and anchored assessment.
  
• Science Assessment A selection of rubrics are offered for modeling purposes, together with advice and links to the new HSC (Australian) science course assessment requirements.
  
• STAR 2001 Blueprints The California Department of Education provides assessment rubrics in pdf format for Biology/Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth Sciences and Physics.